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Latitude Financial Data Breach: 14 Million Customers Affected
The CEO of Latitude Financial, Ahmed Fahour, has expressed disappointment in the incident and apologized unreservedly to customers.
Hackers Breach TPG Telecoms’ Email Host to Steal Client Data
The TGP telecom giant based in North Ryde, Australia revealed that up to 15,000 iiNet and Westnet business customers have been impacted by the breach.
Ransomware Gang Leaks Medibank Data on Dark Web
The leak came just days after Medibank, Australia’s largest health insurer, refused to pay ransom to hackers.
Medibank Distressed As Ransomware Group Threatens to Post Stolen Data
While some believe the ransomware group threatening Medibank to be a REvil relaunch, others suspect it is BlogXX, a new operation linked to REvil.
Australian Defence Force Communications Service Hit by Ransomware Attack
According to Matt Thistlethwaite, assistant minister for defense, there is no evidence to believe that data belonging to serving and retired military personnel have been compromised.
Optus Hacker Apologizes to Australians Over Data Breach
The hacker has also decided not to sell the stolen Optus customers' data to anyone.
Data of millions of users exposed in Australia’s 2nd-largest telecom firm breach
Optus has denied any inside job or human error as the cause of the hack.
Scoop: Australian Trading Giant ACY Securities Exposed 60GB of User Data
Upon being alerted by security researcher Anurag Sen, the company rubbished the sensitivity of the matter by labeling…
Anonymous Leak 82GB of Police Emails Against Australia’s Offshore Detention
In total, Anonymous leaked 285,635 confidential emails belonging to the Nauru Police Force of the tiny Nauru Island…
Avaddon hackers steal SIM card data from Telstra service provider
Hackread.com can confirm that hackers from the Avaddon ransomware gang are claiming to have gained access to “tens of thousands” of SIM cards.